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When silk was gold : Central Asian and Chinese textiles / James C.Y. Watt, Anne E. Wardwell ; with an essay by Morris Rossabi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997Distributor: New York : Distributed by H.N. Abrams Description: x, 238 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0870998250
  • 9780870998256
  • 0870998277
  • 9780870998270
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 746.0439095 22
LOC classification:
  • NK8883.A1 W38 1997
Contents:
Directors' Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Chronology -- The Silk Trade in China and Central Asia -- Map of the Tang Dynasty and the Silk Roads, ca. 750 -- Map of the Northern Song, the Liao, and Their Neighbors -- Map of the Southern Song, the Jin, and Their Neighbors -- Map of the Mongol Empire -- 1. Early Exchanges: Silks from the 8th through the 11th Century -- 2. Kesi: Silk Tapestry -- 3. Brocades of the Jin and Mongol Periods -- 4. Luxury-Silk Weaving under the Mongols -- 5. Embroideries -- Glossary: Weaving Terms -- Glossary: Embroidery Stitches -- Glossary: Chinese and Japanese Names and Terms -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index -- Photograph Credits.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 746.0439095 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A321443B

Catalog accompanying an exhibition opeing at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 10-19-97 through 1-4-98 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 3-3-98 through 5-17-98.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Directors' Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Chronology -- The Silk Trade in China and Central Asia -- Map of the Tang Dynasty and the Silk Roads, ca. 750 -- Map of the Northern Song, the Liao, and Their Neighbors -- Map of the Southern Song, the Jin, and Their Neighbors -- Map of the Mongol Empire -- 1. Early Exchanges: Silks from the 8th through the 11th Century -- 2. Kesi: Silk Tapestry -- 3. Brocades of the Jin and Mongol Periods -- 4. Luxury-Silk Weaving under the Mongols -- 5. Embroideries -- Glossary: Weaving Terms -- Glossary: Embroidery Stitches -- Glossary: Chinese and Japanese Names and Terms -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index -- Photograph Credits.

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